Pistol cap



C. B. BACKES Oct. 20, 1931 PISTOL CAP Filed Dec. '25 950 gwmmtoz ClWordliBacfi'ea %11 Patented Get. 20, 1931 UNITED STATES CLIFFORD B. BACKES, OF WALLINGFORD,

PATENT OFFICE.

SONS INCORPORATED, 013 WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONE NECTIOUT PISTOL CAP Application filed. December 23, 1930.- Serial No. 504,3 7.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a pistol cap and has for its object, among other things, to provide such a cap with means whereby it will automatlcal- 1y lubricate the parts of the toy pistol en figures;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a toy pistol with the cap chamber in its open position and loaded with my improved plstol Figure 2 is a perspective view of my improved pistol cap; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectlonal view of a portion thereof, taken generally upon line J wlll adequately meet the requirements, par- Ii 33 of Figure 2.

My improved pistol cap is particularly adapted for use with a pistol wherein the cap during its intermittent travel moves over a guiding face before presentatlon between the anvil and hammer of the pistol.

Caps of this type have heretofore been found objectionable because they did not readily move over the guiding face. This 1s due to the fact that the cap is dry as well as slightly irregular upon its face at and ad acent to the area where the spot or dot of powder is placed.

The difliculty is exaggerated when pressure is applied to the cap to move it, which also has a tendency to press the same against the guiding face.

For these, and other reasons, it is a common experience to have this type of cap adhere to the guiding face with a resulting jam and prevent the automatic feed of caps to the hammer.

Such a cap is pressed against the face of the anvil by the blow of the hammer and frequently adheres thereto. Successive presentation of caps to the anvil after the paper strip has adhered thereto causes an accumulationof paper on the anvil which forms a resilient cushion and an'imperfect action of the. pistol.

These, andother objections to the present form of cap are eliminated inmy improved cap, which is providedwith a lubricant which is spread over the guiding face and the anvil during itstravelthrough the pistol.

, In the drawings I have-only shown a single spot of such lubricant, but two or' more spots thereof may be applied if desired.

In the drawings I have shown astrip of caps in roll form, designated 5, which is of the usualtype, having asuccession of pow der spots 6 therein, which are spaced apart the required distance to. accommodate the mechanicalfeed for successive presentations to the anvil. The lubricant 7 is placed in one area,,or several areas, and inlany desired form, upon that face. of thestrip that passes over the guiding face and is presented to the anvil.

This lubricant may be of any material that aifin being one of suchmaterials.

Thepistol-illustrated in thedrawings is one of the many forms of pistols with-which my improved cap isuusable. As shown, it

has. abarrel 8 and grip 9,. which is hollow and providedwith a post 10 .over which the caproll is placed. v ,-Pivotally mounted in thegrip and actuated by the manipulation of a trigger 16 is a hammer. plate 11 terminating at one end in a hammer. 1 5 and having a wall'12 witha guiding face 13 upon one side thereof, over which the cap strip passes before being .presented' in front of the anvil 14:, as is usual;

The hammer plate 11 is controlled in its movement so that .when thehammer moves away from the anvil, the end of a spring finger 17 which engages the cap strip, advances it so that the next succeeding spot or dot of powder is presented in front of the anvil.

During this travel of the strip the lubricant 7 is applied to both the guiding face 13 and the anvil 14.

What I claim as new is:

1. A pistol cap composed of a strip of l V flexible material with one or more powder spots thereon, and a lubricant upon said strip, said lubricant being placed adjacent to that end of the strip first presented to the hammer mechanism of the pistol.

2. In combination with a pistol having an anvil, a hammer and on intermittent feed; of a pistol cap composed of a relatively long strip of flexible material with one or more powder spots thereon, advanced between the anvil and hammer by saidintermittent feed, so as to successively present the powder spots in line with said anvil; and a lubricant upon that face of the strip opposite to the hammer, which during the passage of the strip over the anvil lubricates the same and thereby minimizes an accumulation of the flexible material of the strip'on the anvil through the pressure of the hammer. I

3. In combination with a pistol having an anvil and a hammer; ofa pistol cap that passes therebetween, said. pistol cap being composed of a strip of. flexible material with one or more spaced powder spots thereon with a lubricant upon the strip which lubricates the anvil and thereby minimizes an accumulation of the flexible material of the strip on said anvil through the pressure of the hammer thereagainst.

4. In combination with a pistol having an anvil, a hammer and an intermittent feed;

' of a pistol cap composed of a relatively long strip of flexible material with one or more powder spots thereon, advanced between the anvil and hammer by said intermittent feed 7 and over a surfaceforming part of the feed mechanism, so as to successively present the powder'spots in line with said anvil; and a lubricant upon that face of the-strip opposite to the hammer, which during the passage of the strip over the said feed surface and anvil lubricates the same and thereby facilitates the movement of the strip during the feed thereof and minimizes an accumulation of the. flexible material of the strip on the anvil through the pressure of the hammer.

5. A pistol cap composed of a' strip of flexible material having one or more powder spots thereon, and a lubricant upon one side of. the strip.

6. A pistol cap composed of a strip of flexible material having one or more powder spots thereon, and one or more spots of parafiin, as a lubricant, uponone side of the strip- Intestimony whereof, I, have hereunto affixed my signature.

V CLIFFORD B. BACKES. 

